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Kara Patterson

Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy | University of Toronto

Neurorehabilitation, Neurological Conditions, Stroke, Rehabilitation, Gait and Balance, Walking, Physical Therapy, Mobility, Movement, Movement and Music, Motor Re-Learning

Elaine Craig

Associate Professor, Schulich School of Law | Dalhousie University

Elaine Craig teaches and researches in the areas of constitutional law, law and sexuality, feminist legal theory and queer legal theory

Kiley Hamlin

Associate Professor, Department of Psychology | University of British Columbia

Psychology, Cognition, Human Moral Sense, Moral Cognition

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Ziyana Kotadia

Delegate to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women | Young Diplomats of Canada

gender justice, menstrual equity, feminist leadership, youth voices gender-based violence, gender-based violence prevention and response, sexual violence, ethics of intimacy, anti-violence, violence prevention

Osire Glacier

Professor, History and Global Studies/ Religion | Bishop's University

History, History of Women, Human Rights, Human Rights in Morocco, Human Rights in the Arab world, Political Science, Cultural Rights, Religious Rights and Freedoms